GUIDELINES FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

The objective of this study was to develop criteria and procedures for the identification and measurement of social impacts in transportation planning and the process by which such analyses are integrated into the decision-making process. The guidelines developed from this study address several related but different parts of the total planning and design process. Two of the reports prepared as a part of this study are concerned with identifying and measuring social factors and conducting social and economic surveys to obtain necessary data. A third report is concerned with the development and implementation of community involvement programs. The assumption is made that an effective planning and design process must provide means by which the values and opinions of residents of affected communities and users of transportation facilities can be incorporated in technical studies and in the decision-making process. Two additional reports contain guidelines for the operation of interdisciplinary teams and team scheduling and management. The systematic interdisciplinary approach undertaken in the State of Washington provides a means by which technical data, community values and opinions, and planning and design concepts and standards can all be evaluated by the team in reaching a recommended solution to a problem.

• Record URL:
  http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/025.6.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Highway Commission

  Department of Highways, Highway Administration Building
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Iverson, E A
  • Scaringi, M
  • Limotti, B
  • Jacobson, R
  • Parker, R
  • Morgan, D
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 244 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Community action programs; Decision making; Interdisciplinary studies; Social factors; Social impacts; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00771230
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOH 25.6,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: HR-527
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 26 1999 12:00AM